New version of NI's Kontakt now offers VST3 (and other improvements)

According to an official posting in the NI-Forums, it seems that Kontakt now also offers a VST3 version!
These are the main changes:


6.6.0 - 2021-07-06
VST3 Target, User content base path, flexible EVENT_PAR routing.

  • ADDED Kontakt now also provides a VST3 target
  • REMOVED 32bit VST2 target is no longer provided
  • CHANGED The Options Load/Import tab is updated and renamed to Loading
  • ADDED It is now possible to set a user library path in the Kontakt options Loading Tab
  • ADDED KSP New KSP command redirect_output()
  • IMPROVED KSP It is now possible to refresh the ui_file_selector
  • ADDED KSP Scripts can now send modulation events to the new From Script modulator
  • ADDED KSP It is now possible to attach the ui_meter to gain reduction meters
  • ADDED KSP Level meter ranges and orientation can now be set with $CONTROL_PAR_RANGE_MIN and $CONTROL_PAR_RANGE_MAX
  • ADDED New factory script Arpeggiator (sync) based on the listener callback for solid host sync timing
  • ADDED The about screen now displays the Kontakt target
  • FIXED When modulating amp release, the release velocity was delayed by one note
  • FIXED Kontakt could crash on Windows if the system user documents folder was on a USB or network drive
  • FIXED Kontakt could crash when re-ordering NKIs in a bank
  • FIXED In some cases external modulator names were missing in instruments created with Kontakt 4 or earlier
  • FIXED Wavetable Inharmonic knob is now correctly displayed as a bipolar value
  • FIXED Collection of minor cosmetic GUI fixes

source: Official update status - Kontakt 6 – current: 6.6.0 | NI Community Forum

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